Dental health: Recent Episodes
Tim Wildung
Good oral and dental hygiene can help prevent bad breath, tooth decay and gum disease—and can help you keep your teeth as you get older. ... An unhealthy mouth, especially if you have gum disease, may increase your risk of serious health problems such as heart attack, stroke, poorly controlled diabetes and preterm labor.
Dentists' provide's professional fluoride treatment in the form of a highly concentrated rinse- foam- gel- or varnish. The treatment may be applied with a swab- brush- tray- or mouth-wash.
These treatment's have much more fluoride than what is in your water or in toothpaste. They only take few minutes' to apply. You might being told to avoid eating and/or drinking for 30 minutes after the treatment, so the fluoride can get fully absorbed.
Schedule appointment with your fluoride treatment dentist at Plaza Family Dental today!
oral cancer screening is when the dentist does a visual scan of your face-lips-tongue-under your tongue-throat-and-your neck. They will also feel for lumps along your neck, throat and sometimes along the floor of your mouth. It is a painless exam and only takes a couple minutes'.
dentists' perform an oral cancer screening for anyone over 18, and for teens who use tobacco.
Think you may need the oral cancer screening in Peoria, AZ? Oral cancer can be life-threatening if it is not detected and treated early. This condition includes cancers of the lips-tongue-cheeks-the floor of the mouth-hard and soft palates-sinuses, and phalanx (throat). Although tobacco use-smoking-and a family history of cancer are risk factors for the condition, any individual is at risk for developing oral cancer.
When is the last time you had an oral cancer screening in Peoria, AZ? Schedule yours with Plaza Family Dental today!
Good oral health care habits such as brushing and flossing and fluoride can help to protect teeth from decay, but for an extra level of protection, dental sealants are a great option. Dental sealants are thin plastic coatings that are placed on the teeth – usually the chewing (occlusal) surface of the back teeth – to protect them from decay.
Typically, children should get sealants on their permanent molars and premolars as soon as these teeth come in. In this way, the sealants can protect the teeth through the cavity-prone years of ages 6 to 14.
Want to ensure your teeth are as protected as possible? Schedule an appointment with our dentist today for your dental sealants in Peoria, AZ.